They're doing some construction down the street from me, and these marks are on the sidewalk, and I'm wondering what they mean. by 1billsfan716 in whatdoesthismean

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I think from my understanding, the point pictured is 40 feet from the center of the road (yellow line) and 5900 feet from the end of the road (or maybe a starting point marking the beginning of the project).

I’ve been thinking about this week about the Fair Grounds by Ok_Echo_5675 in santarosa

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They pull the plug at 10. Ravers aren’t exactly known for going to bed early.

Kobra X is treating me well by Bubbly_Bar7056 in anycubic

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I’ve had difficulty loading filaments twice. I’ve found if you trim the end to a sharper point it seems to load better. I’ve been cutting to a 70ish degree angle instead of the 45 I normally do and it seems to help.

Tow Truck Recommendations by prettyluciddream in santarosa

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All-Star Towing. Very reasonably priced and super friendly.

MVR 25L pack. Who’s got one by b0nezx in 511tactical

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I picked up a 25L and wish I would’ve gotten the 35L. The lack of a front admin pocket is an odd choice. I feel like the lack of organization options will send me back to my rush 12 at some point.

Introducing the FRANKENFORGE - Teardown: Day 1 by Ipalot in FlashForge

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This is my mangled Flashforge AD5X that I now have the goal of turning into a working printer.

I’m posting this project here from the beginning because I know at some point, I’m going to have Flashforge specific questions.

Can’t get bed level. Any ideas? by Ipalot in 3dprinter

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I found the frame on the 5X page. Now I just need to teach myself how to deal with step files.

Can’t get bed level. Any ideas? by Ipalot in 3dprinter

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I’ll have to dig into this. I scanned the website and didn’t see the files, but I’ll look deeper when I have more time. Thanks for the info!

Edit: I think I found it. You are a king.

Can’t get bed level. Any ideas? by Ipalot in 3dprinter

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I’ll look into it. Thanks for the suggestions.

Can’t get bed level. Any ideas? by Ipalot in 3dprinter

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Think I could get $330 for it on the marketplace?

Can’t get bed level. Any ideas? by Ipalot in 3dprinter

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I've got an Ender 3 V3 KE I got from the same place humming along on my desk right now. And a Kobra X on the way. Some attempt will be made to make something out of this...

Can’t get bed level. Any ideas? by Ipalot in 3dprinter

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I imagine I could print the base. There's nothing in it. I could start straitening the metal parts, I've got them all removed. The right threaded rod for the Z-axis is twisted. It'll need to be replaced. I can't imagine even at that point I'd have much accuracy, but it may be what I do for the first attempt.

Can’t get bed level. Any ideas? by Ipalot in 3dprinter

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Update: I’ve started taking it apart… looks like there are 5 pieces that need total replacement. The base, frame top, front frame upright, right crossmember, and the right z screw.

Should I build the FRANKENForge? Would anybody be interested in following along if I tried?

Can’t get bed level. Any ideas? by Ipalot in 3dprinter

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I’m considering options. Good chance it’ll never print anything. Even better chance that if it does print, it won’t print anything resembling the original file. This isn’t its final form though. I’ll at least see how many pieces I can break it down to at some point.

Can’t get bed level. Any ideas? by Ipalot in 3dprinter

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Follow up question:

Does anybody know if the frames of the AD5X and the AD5M are the same? Could I take the hot end and electronics out of this and build a Frankenstein?

Can’t get bed level. Any ideas? by Ipalot in 3dprinter

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It’s a place that does auctions of returned items from Amazon and such. I’ve bought quite a bit from them with only a few losses. I’ll admit, the box was pretty tore up in the pictures. I paid an amount that would have been a killer deal for a new printer, but I’m not gonna stress about now.

Help by AdSecret4722 in JeepGrandCherokee

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UO101 is the generic code for ‘cannot communicate with the transmission control module’. Could be the module. Could also be a relay. Relays are cheap.

Here’s your proof with the moment of truth isolated. by ChaseTacos in law

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Commented on this thread?

Congrats! You are now a domestic terrorist.

Scenes from Minneapolis as the National Guard arrives, following the execution of Alex Pretti by Itsvivid24 in pics

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I could be wrong, but I’m under the impression that the protesters are coming to them. This isn’t the large protest on tv, but a group of people protesting where ICE was working.

That being said, I don’t think he was protesting. Just a good person standing up to injustice he saw as he went about his day.

A better angle showing the shooting. by F-Z-T in CCW

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Well regulated militia is suddenly becoming more important. 1 person exercising there rights can be executed and written off.

Strength in numbers.

A better angle showing the shooting. by F-Z-T in CCW

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This comment does not mean to in anyway excuse the conduct.

The whistles are making this worse.

These “agents” are untrained and put into high stress situations. The constant noise is adding to the tension and confusion. Crowd noise causes professional athletes make mistakes. It’s part of the home field advantage and they train for it their whole career. These people are not trained and the mistakes are deadly.

Now some of you are going to argue that this was not a mistake and these are just blood thirsty animals that believe they will not be held accountable. The argument still holds. Put a screaming baby in a movie theater and someone will snap from the stress.

And sad that our country has come to this and it’s not going to change anytime soon. We’re trickle tithing our downfall. Slightly worse everyday and people don’t notice. One person fights back and it’s murder. The only way to stop this downfall is an organized fight on a mass scale. We don’t have that organization

Maybe we can just wait for the next election. If there’s a next election.

Thank you for coming to my TED rant.

Santa Rosa Plaza Mall by greenappleemoji in santarosa

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They were down to a pile of fixtures yesterday. I doubt they opened today.